The Disgrace of Grace
Kyle David Bennett
December 16, 2011
One thing Jesus had to take up was learning a language (or languages, if we're being precise) ...
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Hidden Costs of Prosperity
Brian Dijkema
December 15, 2011
It not only contains one of the most open challenges to Canadian sovereignty I've read, but it is written at a time when Europe—a continent which reflects most closely the policy proposal he offers in the article—is in the midst of a 26-alarm economic and political disaster ...
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Veiled Interference in Freedom of Religion
Ray Pennings
December 14, 2011
Recognizing that freedom of religion is a greatly attacked freedom these days, I am usually inclined to bend over backwards to protect it, but here—in matters as basic to our citizenship as swearing public oaths, establishing identity, or witnessing at a trial—I think the state has a more reasonable...
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The anvil on the cliff edge
Peter Stockland
December 13, 2011
Immigration Minister Jason Kenney's edict ordering Muslim women to remove their veils while taking Canada's citizenship oath seems eminently reasonable Kenney, of course, argues that he's not banning veils, only requiring them to be removed for a few moments in the specific setting where the State c...
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The Joyful One
Alissa Wilkinson
December 12, 2011
Why a pink candle for the third Sunday of Advent? Here's the beautiful reason.
And so, we celebrate the third Sunday—the "joyful" Sunday—with a pink, celebratory candle I've come to believe that we can only experience joy—we can only smile, and celebrate—when we know that the good things are a gift from the one who sees the bad and still tells us, rest, delight, be joyful. ...
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Another Evangelical Conspiracy, The Office of Religious Freedom
Robert Joustra
December 9, 2011
Theocratic conspiracy theories, from McGill Professor Arvind Sharma—the sole CBC interviewee despite no discernible connection to the politics of the Office—may prove cathartic for CBC readers, but the Office of Religious Freedom in the United States tends towards interventions in the cases of Chris...
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White Bread Liberalism is Stale
Brian Dijkema
December 8, 2011
The problem with the document is that it attempts to turn the public square into a sterile, bleached white space, devoid of such "irritants" as the smell of curry, body odour, religion, and culture ...
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Giving Drunk Driving Laws a Breathalyzer
Ray Pennings
December 7, 2011
His concern is that the new law incents police to focus on the administrative penalties which are easier to process and do not require court time, rather than pursuing criminal code charges for those who are at or over the 0.08% blood alcohol limit ...
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Brotherhood and everlasting history
Peter Menzies
December 6, 2011
Menzies but much of the young man's story was hazy and lost in the fog of time But in the days that followed last week's story and contact with the good folks in Gainsborough, the story burst to life ...
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Advent Peace
Alissa Wilkinson
December 5, 2011
I was thinking about peace, especially the idea of "peace time"—that is, the time when there are no violent conflicts in which we're directly engaged.
Commonly understood as the absence of hostility, peace also suggests the existence of healthy or newly healed interpersonal or international relationships, prosperity in matters of social or economic welfare, the establishment of equality, and a working political order that serves the true interests...
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Mathematics and social architecture?
Milton Friesen
December 2, 2011
So what kind of rigour do we apply when we talk about social architecture? Are mathematics of use? What kind? What are the limits? What might we gain? Should we save the analytic work for the built environment and adopt something different for the human social factors? Many social science tools have...
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Taking responsibility together
Brian Dijkema
December 1, 2011
It is true that the people of Attawapiskat aren't the only ones responsible for the problems they're facing ...
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In Favour of Marriage or Afraid of Divorce?
Ray Pennings
November 30, 2011
Macleans may have overstated Canadians' "high value in the traditional definition of marriage"; definitional debates are still likely to get you into a bit of hot water and I fear the traditional team whose colours I prefer to wear may still be on the losing side ...
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Occupy Birmingham Jail
Peter Stockland
November 29, 2011
s Letter From Birmingham Jail, which is not just a rumbling, rolling epistolary masterpiece, nor merely one of the foundational documents of the American civil rights movement, but is a demarcation between the sharp, bright clarity of our Judeo-Christian past and the fuzzy, shadowed void of today ...
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Advent Hope
Alissa Wilkinson
November 28, 2011
We got troubles, as my grandpa might say. We have tribulations a-plenty. Just turn on the news. Just look at your Twitter feed. Just listen to yourself for a day.
The four candles in the Advent wreath signify four things: hope, peace, love, and joy ...